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Dear Zoi Gronti
thank you for your kind reply.

I know that it is possible to deactivate an element by setting the deactivation time, however, in my model I have many links of the type described above so I can't know which of them reaches the failure first, therefore it is not easy to set a ...

Dear SeismoSoft and SeismoStruct users

I’m modelling a precast RC industrial building.
It is a simple one storey building, with cantilever columns, beams and prestressed roof element (wing/V-shaped beam).
In particular, I modelled the connection between roof elements and the supporting beam ...

Dear Seismosoft community,
I’m trying to model with SeismoStruct a panel-to-structure connection in one-storey RC precast building with vertical panels.
To extremely simplify the numerical model I modelled only one column and one panel connected at the top with a link element, as depicted in the ...

Dear Seismosoft community

I have a question about axial force in the elements.

I modelled in Seismostruct a cantilever beam with a 0.4x0.4m RC section, height 5m and a summit axial load equal to 10 Kn.
So, by hand calculation, we have that the distributed weight of beam is 0.4x0.4x25=4kN/m and ...

Thank you huffte for your answer and your precious help.

Best luck you too

Thank you for your timely and detailed answer.
Can you suggest me some litrature references where i can better study the theme??

Best regards

Giovanni

In order to study this issue i realized a simple structure with two columns (Heigth 10m) fully restrained at the base and connected at the top with a rigid rod, the loads applied are shown in figure:
http://i65.tinypic.com/kedg9k.jpg
The two columns are identical and composed with a inelastic FB ...

Dear SeismoSoft Support
I have to perform some time history dynamic analysis in a prefabricated single-storey building realized with 3 row of columns and rigid roof that i modelled with a rigid diaphragm, how you can see in the figure below:
http://i66.tinypic.com/2udw5f5.jpg
The distributed beam ...

<t>Thank you huffte for your help.<br/>
<br/>
I took my cantilever beam, and subdivided it in 25 elements then I did some tests:<br/>
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P=100 kN M=10 kNm<br/>
top x disp.:<br/>
hand calc: 0,1948m<br/>
sesimo calc: 0,1944m<br/>
<br/>
P=120 kN M=12 kNm<br/>
top x disp.:<br/>
hand calc: 0,3402m<br ...

<r>Hi huffte<br/>
Well, I try to explain the closed form solution that I used for my non linear hand claculation<br/>
With reference to the follow figure<br/>
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we can write the external ...